US6562245B2 - Crushed foam glass filter aid and method of use - Google Patents
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- US6562245B2 US6562245B2 US09/777,802 US77780201A US6562245B2 US 6562245 B2 US6562245 B2 US 6562245B2 US 77780201 A US77780201 A US 77780201A US 6562245 B2 US6562245 B2 US 6562245B2
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- the present invention relates generally to a crushed foam glass filter aid and methods for its use.
- a filtering aid is placed in a process stream to remove a waste product.
- the filtering aid such as diatomaceous earth
- a permeable barrier such as a screen.
- a process stream consisting of a fluid having impurities suspended therein is then directed through the filtering aid and the permeable barrier, whereupon the impurities become trapped on the filtering aid.
- impurities may be trapped “on” or “within” the filter aid, and as used herein “on” should be understood to include any circumstance whereby impurities are so trapped by the filter aid.
- the impurities trapped within the filtering aid, together with the filtering aid itself typically are then removed from the process together as waste.
- the filtering aid is typically disposed of with the waste, resulting in an overall increase in waste volume and thus waste disposal costs.
- a new filtering aid is then required for further filtering, imposing a recurring cost on the process each time filtering aid becomes loaded to capacity with waste.
- the present invention is a filter aid formed of a crushed foam glass.
- Any of the known methods for forming foam glass are suitable for the practice of the present invention, including but not limited to those described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,261,894 “Method of Manufacturing Foamed Silicate Structures” to Alois Seidl, U.S. Pat. No. 3,663,249 “Method for Insolubilizing Sodium Silicate Foam” to Ramesh P. Rao, U.S. Pat. No. 3,743,601 “Process for Making Silicate Foams from Alkali Metal Silicates” to Ramesh P. Rao, U.S. Pat. No.
- Foamed glass formed by any of the known methods are then crushed to particles, again by any method known to those having skill in the art, including, but not limited to hammer milling, jet milling, and jaw crushing.
- the thus formed crushed foam glass may then utilized as a filtering aid for removing suspended materials in a fluid stream by first providing a permeable support with the crushed foam glass filter aid placed adjacent thereto, and directing the fluid stream having suspended materials through the filter. In this manner, suspended materials within the fluid stream are captured on the crushed foam glass filter aid, separating the suspended materials from the fluid stream.
- Additional benefits of the present invention may then be realized by removing the foam glass filter aid and the suspended materials as a mixture, melting the mixture to form a molten glass, fritting the molten glass to form a frit, comminuting the frit to form a foam glass precursor, mixing the foam glass precursor with a foaming agent, heating the foam glass precursor and the foaming agent to form a foam glass, and crushing the foam glass to reform the foam glass filter aid.
- This allows the suspended materials captured on the crushed foam glass filter aid to be removed from the foam glass filter aid, and the foam glass filter aid to be recycled and used again in the filtering process.
- the step of melting the mixture to form a molten glass is performed in a high temperature waste treatment system capable of capturing inorganic portions of the suspended materials (such as metals) in a form which allows them to be separated and recycled, and capable of converting the organic portions of the suspended materials into gasses, which may then be further formed, for example through gas phase chemistry, into useful products such as synthesis gas.
- the filtering aids and the suspended particles are converted to useful products, and/or recycled for further use.
- the crushed foam glass utilized exhibits an average size of less than 325 mesh, is formed of foam glass having closed cells of less than 5 microns in diameter, and is formed of recycled waste glass.
- Crushed foam glass having an average size of less than 325 mesh and formed of foam glass having closed cells of less than 5 microns in diameter allow the removal of very fine suspended materials within the fluid stream without rapidly clogging.
- the recycled waste glass is soda lime glass as large quantities of waste soda lime glass are available, and their use in the present invention allows these waste materials to be put to a productive and beneficial use.
- the step of the step of melting the mixture to form a molten glass is performed in a high temperature waste treatment system such as a Plasma Enhanced Melter, (PEMTM) manufactured by Integrated Environmental Technologies, LLC, of Richland Wash.
- PEMTM Plasma Enhanced Melter
- PEMTM systems have demonstrated the desired capability of separated inorganic materials (such as metals) in a form which allows them to be and recycled, and converting the organic portions into synthesis gas.
- the general arrangement and operation of PEMTM systems are described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,666,891 Arc Plasma-Melter Electro Conversion System for Waste Treatment and Resource Recovery Issued Sep. 16, 1997, U.S. Pat. No. 5,707,508 Apparatus and Method for Oxidizing Organic Materials Issued Jan.
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US20090095041A1 (en) * | 2007-10-16 | 2009-04-16 | Ramsey W Gene | Method and apparatus using foamed glass filters for liquid purification, filtration, and filtrate removal and elimination |
US20190076817A1 (en) * | 2017-09-14 | 2019-03-14 | Andrew Ungerleider | Method and apparatus using foamed glass filters for liquid purification, filtration, and filtrate removal and elimination |
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